haughtiness
noun
In Jewish tradition
Often the sin of nations like Moab and also of people who forget God.
Interpretation. Isaiah says only the LORD will be exalted in the end, and tradition reads this as a call to humility.
Meaning
Great pride that looks down on others. tree →
Examples
- We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, his ill-founded boastings. (Prophets ISA.16.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his haughtiness, and the assumption of his heart. (Prophets JER.48.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. (Prophets ISA.2.11, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «haughtiness» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «haughtiness» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/haughtiness/